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I too did a Naked Bike Ride in Brighton a couple of years ago with my gf. Completely agree: it should have been fun but it was very sleezy. At the start everyone taking part was getting their kit off in this sectioned off area of a park. Old men were marching into the area with cameras and literally standing in front of groups of girls and zooming in on their bits and pieces. It got pretty heated when a group of cyclists called them out for being pervs, I thought it was all going to kick off.. wiggly wobbly bits would have been flapping about everywhere. Also when we rode through the city center the pavements were 4 or 5 deep with people holding camera phones, recording you.
Unless you're a complete exhibitionist, I wouldn't recommend it. Too pervy. Don't think I'd do it again.
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I did one of the London naked bike rides and found it a thoroughly awkward affair. I was talked into it by a beautiful female friend and we were supposed to be riding as a group including her fiancé. When I showed up on the day everyone else had bailed and it was just her and me. We were constantly surrounded by a group of leering men and literally tens of old men came up asking to have their photo taken with her, or even people pushing past to ride ahead of us at traffic lights and turning back to take photos of her.
When she first mentioned it, it sounded like a bit of a laugh... A load of people getting their kit of and riding around London for some jokes and to raise awareness for a good cause. I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised but FAR too many of the participants seemed to only be there to seek out and gawk at women. Pity.
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